PAGE TWO College Enrollment Drops 693 Since Last Semester; Now Totals 12,591 Total enrollment at the . College for this semester has reached 12,591, a drop of 693 from last semester's 13,284. On a percentage basis, the drop is' only 5.2 percent in compari son with an estimated 10 percent drop in college enrollments throughout the country. On-campus enrollment numbers 11,553, of which 8570 are men and .2983 are women. The male female ratio 4 has slightly decreas ed to 2.9 from last spring's 3.2. Last semester there were 7918 men and 2424 women on cam pus, making a total of 10,342. Freshman Class Largest Off-campus enrollment totals 1038, with 919 students at Penn State centers and 119 freshmen at the Mont Alto forestry school. This is a considerable decrease from last semester and accounts for the increase in campus enroll ment even though total enroll ment has dropped. There are 11,017 undergrad uate, 1351 gr a duat e, and 223 special students enrolled. The freshman class is the larg est with 3609 students. The soph omores are next with 2597, fol= lowed by the senior class of 2434 students. The junior class num bers 2377. Breaking it down into semes ter standings, the figures are: first semester, 2460 men and 896 women; second semester, 203 men and 50 women; third semes ter, 1660 men and 663 women; fourth semester, 205 men and 69 women. CPA Approved By Cabinet; . Given $5O Fund Central Promotion Agency was approved by All-College Cabinet Thursday night as a standing committee and given a 'floating fund of $5O which will be used for production materials. . Walter Sachs, head of the com mittee investigating CPA, report ed that 15 of the 20 positions on CPA had been filled to the effect that he had cont acted these students and they express ed a desire to work with the new group: He said, however, that students will be more willing to work when CPA has become a reality rather than a plan. He also said that Russell Clark, director of housing, told hi in there is "definitely room" for a CPA office. The proposed site of the organization is Pollock Dorm 7. James Worth, All-College presi dent, named members of two mittees. They were the Forensic Committee and the Preferential Seating Committee. Members of the seating com mittee are James Wharton, Thom as Hanna, Howard Wright, Mari lyn Williams, and Donald Maurey. Members of the Forensic Com mittee 'are David Lewis, Robert Alderdice, Robert Matasick, Mark Unger, William Klisanin, Shirley Gallagher, Greta Weaver, Lois Pulver, and Clair George. Kearns to Give Chapel Address Dr. Raymond V. Kearns Jr., director of the board of Chris tian education, Presbyterian Church of the United States, will speak in Chapel at 11 a.m. to morrow on "The Need for. Un purchaseable Christianity." The Chapel Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, will sing "Psalm 121" (Schutz), "0 Thou Eternal One" (Delamar ter), and "Open Thou My Lips" (Rachmaninoff). George Ceiga at the organ will play "Chorale Prelude, Herzlich Tut Mich Verlanger"- (Brahms) as pr elude and "Fugue •in G Minor" (Brahms) as postlude. Flowers in Chapel will be given by Alpha Sigma Phi which will atteud Chapel en masse. Traffic One Way After Grid Contest Plans for traffic at today's foot ball game will be the same as those that were used for last week's game. Traffic leaving the game will move west on College avenue and east on Beaver avenue between Pugh and Atherton streets, while northbound traffic will be pro hibited. Left turns will be per mitted at Allen street from the College. Parking areas on campus will be available to visiting fans. The hurdy-gurdy was a string ed musical instrument used by European peasants during th e Middle Ages. • Miss Junior Class Noon today is the deadline for entries in the Miss Junior. Class contest, Michael Hanek,, class president, said yesterday. He said all pictures must be turned in at the Student Un ion desk in Old Main and must have the entry's name, address and sponsor on the reverse side of the picture. Th e sponsor may be a group or an indi vidual. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE. Ct:"..IEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Fifth Semester Fifth semester, 1492 men and 583 women; sixth semester, 255 men and 47 women; seventh se mester, 1575 men and 432 wom en; and eighth semester 339 men and 88 women. The Liberal Arts, school is the largest of the eight schools with 2980 students, and the Physical Education school is the- smallest with 325 students. The Engineering school ranks, second' in size with 1821 students, followed closely by the Agricul ture and Education schools with 1798 and 1780 respectively. The enrollments of th e remaining schools are Chemistry and Phy sics, 1012; Home Economics, 817; and Mineral Industries, 642. The Division of Intermediate Registration has 378 students. It was organized in July, 1949, to counsel students who are un certain about their educational objectives and those whose low scholastic grades prevent them from continuing in a particular curriculum. Of the 59 curricula offered; Arts and Letters has the largest num ber of students with 1545. Other curricula with over 1000 students are Education with 1274 and Com merce and Finance with 1039. IFC Newsletter To Be Distributed Copies of the IFC Newsletter will be distributed to each of the 49 fraternity houses and all the woman?s dormitories on Tuesday afternoon. The entire issue will be devoted to the IFC Workshdp, which will hOld a series of meetings, discus sion groups, and dinners to iron out the problems of the indivi dual fraternity houses. Members of the faculty will serve as after dinner speakers at the dinners which will start Oct. 31. LA LaVie Pictures Liberal Arts students with last names beginning with A to M will have their pictures taken - for the 1952 LaVie from today until Friday at the Penn State Photo Shop. 31 to Leave Tomorrow For Capitol Thirty-one persons will leave from the 'ear of Old Main at 8 a.m. tomorrow bound for Wash ington to participate in the "See Your Government in Action" seminars sponsored by the Penn State Christian .Association, the Political Science department, and the School of Education. Dr. Wallace Brewster will act as leader on the trip. The group expects to arrive in Washington in time to spend part of the after noon sightseeing In the city. Tonight an d tomorrow night the men in the group will stay at the Washington YMCA and the women will stay at a hotel near by. Monday morning the group will have a three and one-half hour Interview at the State Depart ' ment and on Monday afternoon it will visit the British embassy. Tuesday the 31 participants will break down into interest groups and visit the Church lobby group, the Federal Trade Commission, the Supreme Court and Congress, the Federal Sebur ity Council, the Greek En;tbassy, the Kore an Embassy, United Press, the 'American Council on Education,' and UNESCO. The group will return to the College late Tuesday night. Later next week the members will meet to evaluate the seminars. Hillel to Present International Film The cultural committee of the Hillel Foundation will present another in its series of interna tional f ilm classics on Sunday evening when "The Stone Flow er" will be shown. The showing will take place at 7:15 p.m. in the Hillel Auditorium, 133 West Beaver Avenue. It will be open to the public. "The Stone' Flower" is •a - full length color film based on a Rus sian folk legend about a young artist whose artistic sense urges him to create a perfect flower in stone. The story of his travels from the real world 'of folk fes tivals, fairs, and weddings to the world of fantasy and artistic ideals is done in unusual varia tions Of color and the melodious musical score. The film was awarded the first prize for color at ,the Cannes International Film Festival. A . dromedary camel is a rid ing breed with one hump. WARNE R Rl'')Trir:Rs BEGINS MONDAY DOORS OPEN AT , 2:45 NITTANY • • FEATURETIME - 3:00, 5:07; 7:14, 9:29 • • ,••• • • • • ANNOUNCING A GREAT MOTION PICTURE CLASSIC! • WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" .•• WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST 4TCLUDING • JAMES - CAGNEY • OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND • HUGH HERBERT • MICKEY ROONEY Near East Praises Soccerrnen Praises Soccer Pzul baschoff Westminster Group to Hold Cabin Party Among the programs for stu dents sponsored by local Protes tant churches this weekend is a cabin party to be held by the Westminster Foundation tonight. Dr. Raymond V. Kearns Jr. will talk to the party group at the C. A. Cabin. Sunday night Dean Arthur H. Warnock will speak on "Building Character in Col lege" at the foundation. Kyung Ho Lee, Korean student at Penn State, will preach the sermon at . the St. Andrew's Epis copal Church at 10:45 a.m. Sun day morning. Dr. Robert E. Dengler will speak at 6:30 Sunday evening on• ."The Bible and the Faith"' to the Can terbury Club for college students. The Roger Williams Fellowship will sponsor a program based upon experiences at Green Lake in Wisconsin. Participants in the program will include Edna Peter son, Carl Beck,, and Jean Ben nett. A supper meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday. The regu lar Sunday meeting will follow at 6:45 p.m. WSGA to Poll Coeds On Election Question Representatives of the Women's Student Government Association will take a poll of all women stu dents before next 'Wednesday on the question of releasing election returns. Representatives were instruct ed at the Thursday night meet ing of the House of Representa tives, to hold house meetings be fore Wednesday. - At these meet ings women will be requested to make a decision on the question of releasing election returns. As a 'result of a straw vote taken last year, returns have been kept confidential, unless re quested by a candidate. s.4TURZAY , crWIM . 2 7; 1951 Adviser By JIM GROMILLER . A State department intell gence adviser on the Near. East gave special- praise this weep to the Penn State soccer team for the good will created on its tour of, Iran last spring. Edwin M. ' Wright, wh o ad dressed, the 15th annual Techni cal Conference on Petroleum Pro duction at the Nittany Lion Inn Thursday, said ,that the games with the Americans were some of the biggest ever held in Iran. A former American-delegate to the United Nations General As sembly, Wright explained that Iranians everywhere were im pressed with -the clean play of the Penn State team. College Team Beaten ' A professor of history at Woos ter College in Ohio, Wright join ed the Office of Strategic Service for the Army in World War II because of his dong experience with the people -of the Middle East. Wright explained the factor of particular importance was that the Penn State team was beaten twice. Hoist Team to Shoulders The peoples' of the Middle East suffer from an inferiority com plex, Wright said, and licking a team , representing 'the might of the United States, visibly impres sed them. After one game, he said, the Iranians took the Penn State team on their shoulders and car ried it off the. field. Wright Who was born- in Iran and later taught t her e, com mented on the soccer team's per- Sormance after addressing the petroleum conference on th e background to the present Iran ian crisis. Hillel Rgdio Program Tryouts on Sunday The Hillel Hour radii) program directors will hold tryouts 7 p.m. Sunday at the Hillel Foundation. Radio Co-Chairmen Lillian Cas saver and Sheldon Vilensky have announced that a dramatic script entitled "A Town of Little People" will be presented on this week's program. Tryouts are open to anyone Who is interested in radio drama tics.' The Hillel Hour begins its seventeenth season of weekly dramatic and cultural programs, at 7:30 p.m. Nov 2. The programs are broadcast over' Radio Station WMAJ. SALES and SERVICE ON FUEL OIL & OIL BURNERS Call STATE GAS & OIL PHONE 4355 MONTGOMERY CLIFT ELIZABETH TAYLOR "A PLACE IN THE SUN" RMES CAGNEY RAYMOND mAtsEy "COME FILL THE CUP" WHIP WILSON in - "OUTLAWS Of TEXAS"
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